Name | Daphne (1866) | Explanation | |
Type | Sloop | ||
Launched | 23 October 1866 | ||
Hull | Wooden | Length | 187 feet |
Propulsion | Screw | Men | 150 |
Builders measure | 1081 tons | ||
Displacement | 1640 tons | ||
Guns | 4 | ||
Fate | 1882 | Last in commission | 1879 |
Class | Amazon | ||
Ships book | ADM 135/119 | ||
Career | |||
Date | Event | ||
23 October 1866 | Launched at Pembroke Dockyard. | ||
12 June 1867 - 1 June 1869 | Commanded (from commissioning at Plymouth) by Commander George Lydiard Sulivan, East Indies and China | ||
1 June 1869 - 24 May 1870 | Commanded (until paying off at Plymouth) by Commander George Amelius Douglas, East Indies and China | ||
12 October 1871 - 26 February 1872 | Commanded (from commissioning at Plymouth) by Commander Richard Adams, East Indies and China (until he died) | ||
5 March 1872 - 24 November 1873 | Commanded by Commander Richard Sacheverell Bateman, east coast of Africa (until invalided) | ||
1 November 1873 - 13 March 1876 | Commanded by Commander Charles Edward Foot, East Indies | ||
20 January 1876 - 9 August 1877 | Commanded by Commander George Bruce Evans, East Indies and China | ||
January 1879 - June 1880 | Commanded (until paying off at Plymouth) by Commander Dashwood Goldie Tandy, East Indies and China | ||
7 November 1882 | Sold for breaking up | ||
Extracts from the Times newspaper | |||
Date | Extract | ||
Sa 4 November 1871 | The Daphne, 5, screw sloop. Commander R. Adams, sailed from Plymouth Sound yesterday for India, viâ the Suez Canal, and will call at Gibraltar and Malta. |
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